QOCS: A foot in both camps

Civitas Chambers | Personal Injury Law Journal | December 2019/January 2020 #181
Ian Meikle reports on a Court of Appeal decision upholding that QOCS does not automatically apply to ‘mixed’ claims involving both a personal injury and non personal injury element ‘The court ruled that claims not for PI damages, even when brought alongside and arising out of the same facts as a PI claim, were not …

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Costs: Mixing it up with QOCS

QM Legal Costs | Personal Injury Law Journal | September 2018 #168
Paul Jones explains the costs consequences when claims involve both personal injury and non-personal-injury elements ‘The defendant’s case was that the inclusion of a personal injury claim within a much wider claim involving non-personal-injury claims did not entitle the claimant to QOCS protection as the matter fell within the ambit of the CPR 44.16(2)(b) exception.’ …

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